Turkey 1978 1000 lira KM-923

Goldberg sale 103, lot 2789

This specimen was lot 2789 in Goldberg sale 103 (Los Angeles, February 2018), where it sold for $940. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Turkey. 1000 Lira, 1978. Jalaladdin Rumi. Only 450 minted of this one year type. Tied for finest graded. NGC graded Proof 67." This issue was in honor of the medieval Persian poet.

Recorded mintage: 450.

Specification: 16 g, 0.917 fine gold, .471 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-226 (formerly Fr-112), KM-923.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 103: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.

Links to:

• 1964 250 kurush "monnaie de luxe"
• 1970 2½ lira
• 1978 500 lira F.A.O.
• 1978 500 lira, Death of Rumi
• 1978 1000 lira, F.A.O.
• 1979 500 lira, Year of the Child
• 1981 lira
• 2002 10,000,000 lira, Mevlâna Celâleddin-i Rumi
• Coins and currency dated 1978
• return to coins of Turkey